coincidence counting

coincidence counting

[kō·in′sidəns]

Etymology: L, coincidere, to occur together

the detection of two photons that arrive at separate counters simultaneously as the result of annihilation of a positron (created during a radioactive decay) and an electron. Coincidence counting greatly reduces the significance of any background radiation in radiography.

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